Maritime Titles Spring 2016 IPG-Independent Publishers Group Operation Basalt The British Raid on Sark and Hitler's Commando Order Eric Lee Summary Operation Basalt was a raid carried out by British commandos on the island of Sark on the night of October 3-4, 1942. It was intended to reassure Channel Islanders that they had not been forgotten following their German occupation, to force the Germans to deploy resources, and to gain intelligence through German prisoners. Thought a tactical success, the raid remains mired in controversy, remembered because of Hitler’s reaction. Three days after the raid, he issued this order: "In future, all terror and sabotage troops of the British and their accomplices, who do not act like soldiers but rather like bandits, will be treated as such . and will be ruthlessly eliminated in battle, wherever they appear." Using the National Archive in Kew and the Sark Society archives, Eric Lee tells the 9780750964364 Basalt story for the first time. Did the commandos kill bound and unarmed German soldiers? Pub Date: 6/1/16 Ship Date: 6/1/16 Contributor Bio $35.00 Eric Lee served 11 years in the Israel Defence Forces reserves in a combat unit. He has written for Hardcover numerous magazines, including Modern Combat . 224 Pages Carton Qty: 32 History / Military HIS027100 7.8 in H | 5.1 in W | 0.9 in T | 0.8 lb Wt Great Escapes The Story of MI9's Second World War Escape and Evasion Maps Barbara Bond Summary The creation of MI9 in December 1939, the rationale for the new military intelligence branch and the context of the history of military mapping on silk is outlined in this history. The map production program is described, together with its progress and the challenges faced. The various groups of maps are identified and described, together with the source maps on which they were based. The ingenious methods of smuggling the maps into the camps, with other escape aids, in apparently innocuous leisure items are described. The maps were then copied and reproduced to support the 9780008141301 escapes. Coded correspondence with the camps is discussed, and a successful deciphering of some Pub Date: 11/24/15 of that correspondence is provided. On Sale Date: 11/24/15 Ship Date: 11/4/15 Contributor Bio $0.00 Barbara Bond spent her career as a map researcher in the Ministry of Defence, eventually becoming Hardcover the senior civilian Director and Deputy Chief Executive. 264 Pages Carton Qty: 0 History / Military HIS027100 10.1 in H | 7.9 in W | 0.9 in T | 2.3 lb Wt IPG Spring 2016 Maritime Titles - March 2016 Page 1 IPG-Independent Publishers Group Burn the Sea Flame Warfare, Black Propaganda and the Nazi Plan to Invade England James Hayward Summary September 1940. Britain is rife with rumors of dead Nazis washed up on the beaches of the southeast coast—their bodies charred as though burnt alive. This book explores the truth behind these rumors and the intriguing story of Operation Lucid—the British plan to create a network of flame barrages to incinerate any Nazi invasion flotilla. Soon stories of flame warfare spread across Europe and to America, where journalists report that "10,000 Germans lost their lives" in the failed invasion attempt of Britain. The notion of Britain setting the seas surrounding France and the coast aflame is everywhere. This book reveals the propaganda and the reality of the plans to protect Britain from invasion. 9780750965989 Pub Date: 5/1/16 Contributor Bio Ship Date: 5/1/16 James Hayward 's previous books include Myths and Legends of the First World War and Myths and $34.95 Legends of the Second World War . As a lawyer he worked on the Bloody Sunday inquiry, a role which Hardcover cemented a long-standing interest in investigative research. 192 Pages Carton Qty: 32 History / Military HIS027100 9.2 in H | 6.1 in W | 0.8 in T | 1 lb Wt Ships to Remember 1400 Years of Historic Ships Rorke Bryan, Austin Dwyer Summary Ships To Remember is a beautifully illustrated collection of stories about remarkable ships. Some are famous, but many, like the tugs Yelcho , Foundation Franklin , and Turmoil are virtually unknown. The book includes two boats, the Bounty ’s launch and the James Caird , which completed two of the most 9780750965903 extraordinary voyages in maritime history, but all of the vessels had interesting and dramatic careers Pub Date: 8/1/16 and were involved in many major historical incidents. They include the catastrophic sinking and Ship Date: 8/1/16 $45.00 eventual recovery of the Vasa , Nelson’s triumph at the Battle of Copenhagen, Darwin’s epochal Hardcover voyage on HMS Beagle , and pivotal World War II relief of Malta by the tanker, Ohio . 192 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 32 History / Expeditions & Rorke Bryan is a specialist in geomorphology and dryland management who has published widely Discoveries and worked in all over the world. Austin Dwyer graduated from the Burnley School of Professional HIS051000 Art, Seattle, taught Illustration and Design, and co-founded Cohen-Dwyer Advertising and Marketing. 8.9 in H | 9.8 in W | 0.8 in T A prominent marine artist, he has exhibited widely and won numerous awards. | 1.6 lb Wt IPG Spring 2016 Maritime Titles - March 2016 Page 2 IPG-Independent Publishers Group RMS Titanic The Wider Story Patrick Mylon Summary While much has been written about the Titanic disaster and its victims, the tragedy sent repercussions around the world. Here Patrick Mylon explores many of the lesser-known aspects of Titanic ’s legacy, telling the story around the disaster. Using rare and often previously unpublished 9780750961363 images from his collection of White Star memorabilia, he puts emphasis on the vessels, events, and Pub Date: 7/1/16 locations Titanic encountered, was affected by and influenced in her short life. From strike-bound Ship Date: 7/1/16 $45.00 ships at Southampton, via those vessels that sent her ice warnings on that fateful night, through to Hardcover the rescue vessels Carpathia and others, special trains, company advertising, newspaper reports, memorials, and even sheet music, this history provides a visual record of the disaster from a new 144 Pages perspective. Carton Qty: 32 History / Social History HIS054000 Contributor Bio Patrick Mylon has spent his working life in the travel industry. He is a member of various societies 8.9 in H | 9.8 in W | 0.7 in T | 1.4 lb Wt connected with the Titanic and the White Star Line. He is the author of The White Star Collection and The Unseen Olympic . Titanic Unseen Images from the Bell and Kempster Albums Senan Molony, Steve Raffield Summary The work of two passionate photographers, Philip Bell and John Kempster, offer insights into what it meant to build, deploy and operate the great White Star ships in the era of Titanic . From the surging spectacle and excitement of a launch, to the lazy days of a long homeward haul from Australia, we 9780750967174 see intimate details of life on-board or are asked to confront the ever-present dangers of an Pub Date: 7/1/16 industrial shipyard. RMS Titanic was from the gene pool of an ever-strengthening fleet of vessels that Ship Date: 7/1/16 $45.00 eventually extended to a globe-girdling enterprise. These rare pictures, from a pair of extraordinary Hardcover albums, provide her context. 144 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 0 Senan Molony is the Political Editor of the Irish Daily Mail and the author of a number of historical Transportation / Ships & Shipbuilding works, including several books on the RMS Titanic and related ships. He is also author of Lusitania: An TRA006020 Irish Tragedy, and has appeared in many TV and radio maritime documentaries. 9.8 in H | 9.8 in W | 0.7 in T | 1.6 lb Wt IPG Spring 2016 Maritime Titles - March 2016 Page 3 IPG-Independent Publishers Group HSVA@100 A Century of Pivotal Research, Innovation and Progress for the Maritime Industry Peter Neumann Summary In 2013 the Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt (HSVA) celebrates its 100th anniversary. This 9783877001356 book commemorates its maritime research, innovation and progress driven by their clients and their Pub Date: 5/1/16 projects. This book is not a collection of scientific papers, but is an enjoyable celebration of model Ship Date: 5/1/16 testing and the resulting products – ships and maritime structures in stormy seas and freezing $33.95 waters. Trade Paperback 176 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 6 Peter Neumann lives and works in Hamburg. He was born 1949 in Kenya, schooled in the UK and Transportation / Ships & trained in professional photography in Germany. As a pioneer of modern marine photography, he Shipbuilding has not only adapted camera equipment to survive the unforgiving environment of the sea, but TRA006010 designed and built his own fast workboats, now marketed under the Kiel Classic brand name. Peter 11.8 in W | 8.8 in H | 0.9 in Neumann’s company Yacht Photo Service (YPS), founded in 1972, has one of Europe’s largest T | 3.2 lb Wt collections of yacht and shipping images. He furthermore owns a specialist advertising agency for the maritime industry and has been responsible for the creation of numerous books featuring yachts, merchant and naval ships. First Class Cargo A History of Combination Cargo-Passenger Ships William H. Miller Summary This book is about the unique, largely ignored and forgotten passenger-cargo ships that were not liners but more than ordinary freighters. The first appeared in the 1930s but their heyday was post-war until the 1960s.